Note: In basic strategy A7 vs A is stood only in a single deck S17 game.
(Are there any 3/2 BJ games of that kind left?)
A counter would stand in a shoe S17 game with a favorable count.
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From: irvsiegel <isiegel@sbcglobal.net>
To: <vpFREE@yahoogroups.com>
Date: 1/14/2005 11:10:01 PM
Subject: [vpFREE] Re: Bellagio has been disemboweled, eviscerated, gutted.Oops, just thought of another exception, and that's soft 18 versus
an ace. Most uneducated players stand on that hand, regardless of
whether the game is H17 or S17. Since the correct play is to hit a
soft 18 against an ace in an H17 game, and to stand on a soft 18 in
an S17 game, that would mitigate the slight advantage to the "no
bust" player of H17.--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "irvsiegel" <isiegel@s...> wrote:
>
> Victoria,
>
> I don't think that it's such a huge leap, since no other play
> (with two exceptions) would be affected by H17 versus S17. The two
> exceptions would be twelve against a two or three, which a basic
> strategy player would hit. A dealer two or three could be (or
could
> turn into) soft 17, but a player who stands on 12 against a two or
> three would benefit from H17. What the player does on hands other
> than stiff against an ace or twelve against a two or three doesn't
> really matter (as long as the player is consistent in not hitting
> stiffs against two through six). The results of other hands would
> not affect the comparison of H17 versus S17. So, the conclusion
> must be that for a "never bust" player, H17 is more beneficial than
> S17 for the player, and S17 is more beneficial for the casino.
>
> Irv
>
> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "Victoria Rosado" <ros4144@y...>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "irvsiegel" <isiegel@s...> wrote:
> > and determined that a player who stands on stiffs
> > > verus an ace benefits slightly from H17 versus S17. The
> > simulation
> > > assumed that the player otherwise played correct basic strategy.
> > >
> > > Irv
> >
> >
> > Irv
> >
> > If you have observed the play of any "never bust" player then you
> > have to admit that basing a simulation on this guy playing
> anything
> > remotely close to basic strategy is a huge leap. Can you do a
sim
> > for a person who has no pattern to their play except they do not
> > bust? Perhaps, with a margin for error that must be huge.
> >
> > VictoriavpFREE Links: http://members.cox.net/vpfree/Links.htm
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